How WordPress handles users

- So far in this course, we've been focusingon content creation, and the appearance and functionalityof WordPress as a publishing tool.Now we're going to dive in a little deeper,and look more closely at the inner workingsof the application, starting with you, the user.When you first set up your WordPress site,you created a username for yourself,and so far you've been using that usernameto login to the back-end of WordPress.This gives us a glimpse of how WordPress handles users.Depending on who you are, and how you interactwith the application, you can be granted different roles,and these roles define where you can go,and what you can do.

For example, if you go to a new computerand visit your sites, or visit the site from a differentbrowser, or even an incognito window,you'll see your site as the average user sees it.No WordPress toolbar, no admin panel, just another website.When you login to your site, you do so as an administrator.This gives you full control over everything on the back-endof your site, and you can do all the thingsWordPress allows, create, edit and delete posts, pages,and media elements, install and activate new themesand plugins, change settings, and add or remove new users.

In this chapter, we're going to take a closer lookat how WordPress handles users.How to edit your own user profile, how you can usedifferent user roles, and how to create new usersand grant them different levels of access to your site.

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12/15/2016

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8/17/2015

WordPress powers millions of blogs and websites. Learn how to create your own with this powerful publishing platform. Staff author Morten Rand-Hendriksen will help you get the most out of the self-hosted version of WordPress and create feature-rich blogs and websites. Morten explains how to create and publish posts and pages; customize your site with themes, widgets, and custom menus; and extend WordPress even further with plugins. Plus, learn how to get more readers with social media sharing and comments, and how to adjust the settings that keep your site safe and secure.

Note: This course covers WordPress 4.3. We will update the training as WordPress evolves.